Rivet-remover.



No. 792,474. PATBNTED JUNE 13, 1905. M. o. STRAUGHN.

RIVET REMOVER.

AIPLIGATION FILED SBPT.2, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

RlVET-REIVIOVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,474, dated J une 13, 1905,

Application fi1ed September 2, 1904. Serial No. 223,152.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, MERRIMON C. STRAUGHN, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Swayzee, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Rivet- Remover, of which the following is a specilication.

rIhis invention relates to devices employed for detaching broken rivets, more particularly to removing broken rivets from buggytop bows, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed and easily-applied device whereby one person may easily perform all the labor of detaching broken rivets and in less time and without injury to the bows or other parts of the vehicle.

With these and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved implement. Fig. 2 is a side view with the stock and guide-socket in section.

The improved device comprises a stock or body portion 10, having a central transverse aperture 11, contracted at one end, as at 12, and with a handle 13 extending from one side and a standard 14 extending from the other side, the standard having a guide-socket l5 in alinement with the aperture 11 and spaced from its smaller end 12. The stock, handle, standard, and socket are preferably cast or otherwise formed integral with the stock relatively large and heavy to form an anvillike structure, as indicated. Movably disposed in the guide-socket 15 is a punch member 16, corresponding in size with and adapted to enter the reduced end 12 of the aperture and provided with a reduced stud 17 at the inner end. The reduced end 12 of the aperture 11 is surrounded by an exterior boss or rib 19. With an implement thus constructed the broken rivets at joints of buggy-bows may be very easily and quickly removed by one man, who, by holding the` stock 10 against the rear of the bow-joint with the aperture 12 opposite the head of the broken rivet and the reduced end 17 of the punch placed against the broken end of the same, can quickly and easily drive the rivet from the bow member and into the larger portion 11 of the aperture, from which it will drop. In the meantime the larger portion 16 of the punch member prevents the same from passing through the rivet-hole.

The reduced portion 17 will preferably be of substantially the same size as the shank of the rivet, and the portion 12 of the aperture will be slightly larger than the head of the rivet to be extracted, as will be obvious.

The relatively large stock or body portion 10 is an important feature of the invention as its weight serves to absorb the impact of the blow struck upon the head 16. The large stock 10 may also be employed as an anvil or riveting-block to hold behind the rivet-head when inserting the new rivet.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and will be very useful and convenient for the purposes described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- In a device of the class described, a relatively heavy-stock or body portion provided with a transverse aperture one end of which isreduced, a boss surrounding the reduced end of the aperture, a standard extending laterally and upwardly from one side of the stock and provided with a guiding-socket disposed in alinement with said aperture, a punch slidably mounted in the guiding-socket and adapted toenter the reducedY end of the trans- Verse aperture at said boss, anda handle extending laterally from the opposite side of the stock and spaced from the latter, said handle, punch and standard being arranged Within the lines of the stock` or bod'y portion. 

